AIM: To explore concurrent validity, convergent validity, interrater reliability, test-retest reliability, and Rasch model analysis of the School Participation Questionnaire (SPQ), a tool for teachers to assess personal and environmental determinants of school participation. METHOD: Teachers of children …

Lezing voor Vereniging van Nederlandse Projectontwikkeling Maatschappijen

LijnbaanPark improves the environmental quality of the Lijnbaan district in Rotterdam by introducing green rooftop architecture and skywalks, meant to become part of a future pedestrian circulation network above the streets in the city. The Lijnbaan is an icon of modern architecture, and although it …

Hometown is dedicated to the economically homeless: the nest flyers, the singles on a low income, the pensioners, collectives, students, a wide variety of home seekers who hardly have a chance to succeed in the present housing situation. The whole spectrum of financial, legal, social, urban, and architectural …

Gastcollege Built Environment jaar 1 - Buitenwerkplaats: De ontwerpopgave voor de Buitenwerkplaats, die over ca. een maand start, is het ontwikkelen van drijvende studentenhuisvesting op de campus, op de plek van P3/P4, als onderdeel van de campus als proeftuin. We schetsen de situatie dat het plangebied …

Presentatie voor studenten van WIJS (Wijkinzet Jongeren en Studenten)

The article describes what a restorative city is by looking at research, experiences in different countries and by describing the developments in Restorative City Wrocław. A restorative city is a city that recognises its urban environment as a network of relations in which – in the case of conflict – …

Cities worldwide are growing at unprecedented rates, compromising their surrounding landscapes, and consuming many scarce resources. As a consequence, this will increase the compactness of cities and will also decrease the availability of urban green space. In recent years, many Dutch municipalities …